by Brian | Nov 26, 2012 | Academic, New Testament Canon
Here’s some more gleanings from my study of the New Testament Canon. One idea that floats around about modern Christianity is that it’s too much about “a book.” (One time I read this kind of criticism of “Bible-anity” on a...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2012 | Academic, New Testament Canon
One of the best parts of studying for our upcoming Forum on how the New Testament was put together has been the things I’ve been able to find about the actual artifacts we have from the first couple of centuries after Jesus lived. While we don’t have, say,...
by Brian | Oct 18, 2012 | New Testament Canon
I will keep getting resources from Dr. Michael Kruger to the group, since I think he is currently the most helpful scholar for answering the questions we often get asked about where the Bible (and specifically the books of the New Testament) came from, and how it all...
by Brian | Sep 7, 2012 | Academic, New Testament Canon
This is some dense academic logic, but the main point here is to ponder if it is really true when someone says that they are going to “weigh evidence” for something from a completely “neutral” point of view. In his discussion about how some...
by Brian | Aug 29, 2012 | New Testament Canon
I mentioned on Monday night that I read Michael Kruger’s book on the New Testament Canon over my vacation. Carli Milacci is typing out come of the highlights of the book for me, which I’ll post over the next few weeks here. I’m going to put up a...
by Brian | Jun 27, 2012 | Academic, Biblical History, Book Recommendations, New Testament Canon
Another subject people frequently bring up if you get into discussions about the Gospel is the very popular view that no one in early Christianity could agree on which books should be in the New Testament, and the only reason we have the books we do now (especially...
